National Affairs: THE CASE OF PRIVATE SCHINE

Major General Miles Reber, then chief
of the Army Legislative Liaison, received a phone call stating that
Senator McCarthy desired to see him. He went to the Senator's office,
and Senator McCarthy there informed General Reber that he was very
interested in securing a direct commission for Mr. G. David Schine, a
consultant to the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, on
the basis of Mr. Schine's education, business experience and prior
service with the Army Transport Service.

Senator McCarthy said that speed was desirable, since Mr. Schine might
be inducted into the armed forces under the...